Sustainability Report 2020

Open upNew
Frontiers

S u s ta i n a b i l i t y Re p o r t 2020

Sustainability Report 2020

Open up New Frontiers
Hokkaido University will fulﬁll its social responsibilities in order to continue to be a valuable entity
based on its four basic philosophies.
In addition, through research and educational
activities that look to the future, the university
will demonstrate leadership toward the realization of a sustainable society.

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Message from the Executive Director

Hokkaido University × SDGs
Take on the Challenge of
Building a Sustainable Society
Yoshinori MURATA

Executive Director, Sustainable Campus Management Oﬃce

Executive of Hokkaido University since July 2020. He is responsible for labor management,
safety/disaster prevention, facilities/environment management, information, harassment, andthe elimination of discrimination against persons with disabilities. He is also the Director of the
Executive Oﬃce for Campus and Environment Planning, and oversees the planning, improvement and maintenance of campuses and facilities.

Hokkaido University was established as Sapporo
Agricultural College in 1876. Under the basic philosophies of “frontier spirit,” “global perspectives,”“all-round education” and “practical learning,” theuniversity has supported the development of Hokkaido through research on agriculture, forestry and fisheries,
In addition to the Sapporo and Hakodate campuses, Hokkaido University has bases inside and outside
Hokkaido, including seven research forests, research
farms/ranches, and aquatic laboratories, with a total
area of approximately 66,000 hectares. We have a
wealth of knowledge and experience in conserving
research forests, with a total area of over 65,000
hectares under our care.
Meanwhile, the Sapporo Campus is located in thecenter of Sapporo City, and has a rich ecologicalenvironment with vast farmland and diverse vegetation in grounds spread over roughly 1.8 million m2. It isa campus where a natural ecosystem and research/educational activities coexist. The Hakodate Campus
was established in 1935, when Japan’s only higher
education institute for fisheries was relocated to Hakodate.
In a century where environmental concerns takecenter stage, the university established the Environmental Policy in 2005 and expressed its intention toprotect the environment and build a sustainable
society through all activities as a national universitythat supports the foundation of “knowledge” in the

21st century. In addition, since the establishment of
the Hokkaido University Initiative on Sustainable
Development in 2005, the university has been working
to contribute to the creation of a sustainable society
through research and education, and at the same time,to serve as a model for sustainability using the campus
as experimental venues.
Meanwhile, as a global trend, the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the 2015
United Nations Sustainable Development Summit,
aiming to enable everyone to enjoy peace andaffluence.
This Sustainability Report features a section titled“Hokkaido University x SDGs: Take on the Challengeof Building a Sustainable Society.” This is designed to
inform people of the activities and contributions of theuniversity.
It also features the Master Plan for the Hakodate
Campus, which was formulated for the first time for
the Hakodate Campus.
Practical learning is one of the basic philosophiesof the university. If education and research that
promote sustainability are the mission of the university, returning the results to the real world is also theuniversity’s mission.

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Hokkaido
University

SDGs

SpecialFeatureChallenge to Building of a Sustainable Society
Hokkaido University has continued various efforts in different fields in order
to contribute to building of a sustainable society.
Such efforts, of course, are in line with the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) adopted by the United Nations
Summit 2015, and the accumulation of the efforts has led to global acclaim in 2019 to 2020.
We will consider the history, the present and the future of sustainability of the university.

Top inJapan!
AWA R DTHE University Impact Rankings 2020
Highly rated for sustainableagriculture and other initiatives

In THE University Impact Rankings 2020 published by the
British magazine Times Higher Education in April 2020,
Hokkaido University ranked top in Japan (76th in theworld) in the overall ranking. This ranking uses the framework of the SDGs to evaluate the degree of the social
contribution of universities, and this was its second time
the ranking had been conducted. It is attracting a great
deal of attention as a ranking alongside THE World University Rankings, which rank high research and educational
capabilities.
The university ranked 10th in the world in SDG 2. Zero

Hunger, which was a factor that greatly raised the overall
ranking.
In SDG 3. Good Health and Well-being, the university
was valued for cooperation with health organizations
around the world and regions. In addition, the university
was highly evaluated for its longstanding efforts to realize
a sustainable society, and made the top 100 in the world
in six SDGs: SDG9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; SDG 12. Responsible Consumption and Production;
SDG 14. Life Below Water; SDG 15. Life on Land; andSDG17. Partnerships for the Goals.
In November 2011, theResearch Center for
Zoonosis Control was
designated as theworld s first WHO
Collaborating Centre
for Zoonoses Control.
The Unit of Risk Analysis and Management
was established.

THE University Impact Rankings 2020
overall ranking (Japanese universities)

The Leading Seminar on Science and Technology for Robust Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries Industry started in FY 2018 for world-class research promotion and social
implementation for the realization of a sustainable society. Robotization of agricultural
vehicles and machines is one of the research seeds.

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Ranking

University

Overall score

2019 ranking

76th

Hokkaido University

85.3

101st ‒ 200th

77th tie

University of Tokyo

85.1

52nd

97th

Tohoku University

83.7

First time
to be ranked

101st ‒ 200th

Hiroshima University

75.4 ‒ 83.3

201st ‒ 300th

101 ‒ 200

Kyoto University

75.4 ‒ 83.3

48th

st

th

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University Campus to be
Developed with Users

Research and
Education Topics

Movements toward the Creationof a Sustainable CampusInternational Green Gown Awards 2019
The only Japanese university
selected as a ﬁnalist in the Sustainability Institutionof the Year division

The university was selected as the only finalist in Japan in
the Sustainability Institution of the Year division of theInternational Green Gown Awards 2019. This award isgiven to higher education institutions for outstanding
sustainability efforts.

With the theme of Co-creating Sustainability on
Campus: Collaborative Scheme of Faculty, Staff andStudents through Actions Triggered by Assessment
System for Sustainable Campus (ASSC)*, the university
was highly evaluated for the development of ASSC.

With the announcement of the award-winning universities, the award
ceremony was held at the United Nations High-Level Political Forumon Sustainable Development in New York on July 10, 2019.

International Green Gown Awards application examples

Regional
SummitWinner!
AWA R D

Assessment System for a Sustainable Campus (ASSC),
see page 19

10th Hult Prize Tokyo Regional Summit
Hokkaido University s Aquamou
team won the Regional Summit as the ﬁrst Japanese teamAt the Hult Prize Regional Summit in April 2019, theogy), campus directors of "the Hokkaido University Hult
university’s student team “Aquamou” was the first everPrize On Campus Program" said, “What we gained at thiswinner from Japan. The Hult Prize is the world’s largest
competition were encounters with friends who have an
student entrepreneurship idea competition, and isawareness of the current issues.”
referred to as the “Nobel Prize for students.” Aquamou
proposed a freshwater fish farming
business using the university’s
development technology with theaim of solving youth employment
and food problems in Africa.
Ms. Ratnayake Sangeetha (2ndyear doctoral student, Graduate
School of Information Science andTechnology) and Mr. Takahiro
Nakamura (1st year master's
student, Graduate School of A member of Aquamou who devised a business plan utilizing the technology of super fish, which
produces more fast-growing individuals; he holds Nile tilapia in his hands (left)
Information Science and Technol- Aquamou members, Hult Prize Director and judges at the Tokyo Regional Summit (right)

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Eﬀorts for Sustainability:
Achievements and History
The university’s efforts began with the establishment of
the Hokkaido University Initiative on Sustainable Development in 2005. Since 2007, Sustainability Weeks havebeen held to promote research and education that contribute to the realization of a sustainable society. The university served as the host at the G8 University Summit in
Sapporo in 2008. The Office for a Sustainable Campus

was established in 2010. Then, the university made amajor move in 2014 with the Future Strategy 150 toresolve various issues related to the SDGs and achievegoals through educational and research activities. The
SDGs Working Group was launched in August 2019 toconsolidate, systematize and visualize the university’sefforts and to develop strategic activities.

・Joining the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN)
・Opening of the Nitobe College special education program
・Development of the Assessment System for a Sustainable Campus (ASSC)
・Transformation of the negative link between population,
activities, resources and the environment
Start of the Graduate Program for Fostering Frontiers of Practical
Solutions in a Population-Activities-Resources-Environments Chain(PARE program)・Formulation of the Action Plan 2012 for Building a Sustainable Campus(SCAP 2012)
High school and university students from all over theworld exchanged opinions at GiFT.

・Start of the Sustainable Campus International
Symposium (until 2016)

Establishment of the Office for a Sustainable Campus

2013

・Establishment of the Center for Environmental and
Health Sciences
・Certification of the Research Center for Zoonosis Control as a joint use/research center・Start of the GiFT Internet forum in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake (until 2016)
・World’s first G8 University
Summit (host school: Hokkaido
University), adoption of the
Sapporo Sustainability
Declaration

2012
2011

2010

2008
In the Sapporo Sustainability Declaration, 27
universities and institutions around the world
pledged that universities would be the driving
force for the realization of a sustainable society.

2006

2005
1997

05

of Sustainability Weeks (SW)2007 ・Start(until 2017)
・Formulation of the Hokkaido University
Campus Master Plan 2006 (CMP 2006)

・Hokkaido University International Symposium on
Sustainable Development

・Establishment of the Hokkaido University Initiative on
Sustainable Development

・Formulation of the Hokkaido University Campus Master Plan 96 (CMP 96)

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In SW, symposiums and workshops were held intensively overa short period of time on issues
facing humankind. In 10 years,
339 events were conducted andattended by approximately
180,000 people.

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Hokkaido University contributing to theresolution of global issues
・Selected as a finalist for the International Green Gown Award 2019
・A Hokkaido University team won the Hult Prize Tokyo Regional Summit
・Start of SDGs Working Group activities
・Formulation of the Hokkaido University Campus Master Plan 2018 (CMP 2018)
The Office for a Sustainable Campus was reorganized
into the Sustainable Campus Management Office.

2018

2017

2016

2015
2014

2026

2020

・Hokkaido University x SDGs website
https://sdgs.oeic.hokudai.ac.jp/

2019

・Establishment of the Institute for Chemical Reaction
Design and Discovery (ICReDD)・Formulation of the Action Plan 2016 for Building a
Sustainable Campus (SCAP 2016)
・Start of the STSI program(Inter-university Exchange Project)2030

・Formulation of the Hokkaido University
Master Plan for the Hakodate Campus(Hakodate CMP)
・Top in Japan in THE University Impact
Rankings 2020 Overall Ranking

・Start of the Hokkaido Summer Institute(see page 21)
・Establishment of the Institute for International
Collaboration
・Acquisition of ASSC Gold certification(2017, 2018 and 2019)

Adoption of the SDGs
(Sustainable Development Goals) at the UN Summit
・Winner of the Sustainable Campus Award sponsored by
CAS-Net JAPAN・Establishment of the Arctic Research Center・Establishment of the Innovative Food and Healthcare Masteras a COI site

・Formulation of the Future Strategy for the 150th Anniversary of
Hokkaido University (Future Strategy 150)
・Establishment of the Global Institution for Collaborative Researchand Education (GI-CoRE)
・Start of the East Russia-Japan Expert Education Program (RJE3)
・Establishment of the Campus Sustainability Network in Japan(CAS-Net JAPAN) (incorporator: Hokkaido University)

Various lectures related to the SDGs are given
at the Hokkaido Summer Institute, which is
attended by many students from all over theworld.

The SDGs are a common language that connects
diﬀerent ﬁelds and cultures
Makoto DEMURA, Chair of the SDGs Working Group, Professor at the Faculty of Advanced Life Science
Five years have already passed of the implementation
period of the SDGs from 2016. The SDGs become a
global standard for each country. work on sustainable
development. In THE University Impact Rankings 2020
(SDGs version), Hokkaido University ranked first inJapan, and it can be said that this evaluation was
thanks to our efforts over the years toward sustainable
development. The university currently has a vision of“Hokkaido University that contributes to the resolutionof global issues.” The Future Strategy 150 describes acommitment to realize it and its primary goal is topromote world-class research that resolves various
issues to create a sustainable society for the next

generation. Hokkaido University set the goal of resolving issues for a sustainable society in 2014 ahead ofother universities. This was because we had taken
various measures (global strategy, environmental
measures, outreach, etc.) and had conducted education and research related to sustainable development
since 2005.
A Future SDGs University is where the SDGs are used
as a common language and as a communication tool for
resolving issues of interdisciplinary/cross-cultural
exchanges. We hope that Hokkaido University will besuch a university.

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Toward the Realization of a Smart Agri-city
In 2022, the Smart Agriculture Education and Research Center (tentative name) will be established at the university.
This center will consolidate aging and dispersed experimental buildings and be equipped with research facilities forengineering and information science. Professor Noboru Noguchi, a leading researcher in smart agriculture, spoke
about characteristics of the center and the university’s initiatives.

Noboru NOGUCHI
Vice Dean/Professor
Research Faculty ofAgriculture
After completing the doctoral course
at the Graduate School of Agriculture,
Hokkaido University, Professor
Noguchi worked as assistant professor
and associate professor at the school,then assumed his current position in
2004. He developed the ﬁrst agriculturalrobot in 1992, acquired automatic
driving technology using GPS at the
University of Illinois in the UnitedStates in 1998. After returning toJapan, succeeded in developing theworld s ﬁrst full-scale agricultural robot
with a Japanese agricultural
machinery manufacturer.

Good accessibility
One of the features of the new Smart Agriculture Education and Research Center (tentative name) will be its
accessibility. The latest equipment will be available near
Sapporo Station, and experimental farms will be right next
to the center. That is a rare environment in the middle of acity. It will be a great attraction for students studying here
and those who are involved in collaborative research, aswell as being a convenient location for those who wish tocome and see the research results.

Robotic agricultural machinery goes to thenext stage after social implementation
Robotic agricultural machinery has already been put into
practical use. Future challenges will be utilization in mesomountainous regions, realization of high-level work suchas the pruning and harvesting of fruit trees, and remotemonitoring. In our laboratory, we have been working with
the NTT Group to make AI driven unmanned tractors
smarter and to put remote monitoring with 5G into practi-

cal use. We are also working on the electrification ofagricultural robots.

My thought in 30 years of research experience at Hokkaido University
I feel that we are very fortunate to be able to research
cutting-edge agricultural technology at a university locatedin Hokkaido, a food base of Japan. Above all, people in theregion is enthusiastic, understanding, and supportive
about the research. It is also wonderful that farmers cometo see our experiments and that we can hear theiropinions directly. I think these are not only the advantages, but also rewards that Hokkaido University has intackling smart agriculture. The research farms on campus
made our achievement. So, along with the new center, I
would like to keep the fundamental facilities like farms.

Smart agricultural technology contributes
to the SDGs
Currently, we are involved in introducing smart agricutural
technology as national project targeting rice cultivation in
Iwamizawa area with the aim of reducing production costs
by 50% and increasing farm income by 20%. The labor
shortage is the same in Japan and overseas. As foodshortages are becoming more serious due to climatechange, global warming and population growth, now theworld’s challenge is how to produce food efficiently withconsideration for the environment. In that context, I
believe that the innovative technology of smart agriculture
will play a major role. We aim to realize a smart agri-city
utilizing IoT and AI, and I believe this will contribute to
globally supporting the lives of people.

Collaborative tillage work of four unmanned tractors. Collaborative work of multiple tractors is a system inspired by the ideas of farmers (left). The
farms attract many visitors from Japan and overseas (right).

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Dialog with Stakeholders
Evaluation and Expectation on Hokkaido University's Smart Agriculture.
Contribution: Kayoko YAMAMOTO, editorial writer, the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. Yamamoto wrote an article about
the center in Feburuary 2020.

Kayoko YAMAMOTO
Editorial Writer and Editorial
Board Member
Science and Technology Division
The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
After graduating from the Faculty of
Science at Ochanomizu University andcompleting the Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Science and Engineering at
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ms.
Yamamoto joined the Nikkan Kogyo
Shimbun in 1990. Having covered
university-industry-academia collaboration
since 2003, she entered Tokyo Universityof Agriculture and Technology with thetheme of industry-academia-government
collaboration and obtained a doctorate(academic). She is permanently stationed in
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology Press Club.

As a journalist specializing in university-industry-academia
collaboration, I have been covering universities for nearly
20 years. University reform in the midst of tight national
finances requires both highlighting the aspects of newactivities to public and a solid policy to promote suchactivities at the same time, based on a common understanding of the characteristics and directions of theuniversity. The smart agriculture of Hokkaido University,
which I covered earlier, is a good example. A newresearch/education facility for smart agriculture thatmakes heavy use of robots, large amounts of data (bigdata) and the Internet of Things (IoT) is planned to open in
FY 2022. 4K images of crop diseases and pests are takenwith an unmanned robotic agricultural machine, transmitted without delay by 5th generation communication (5G)
and analyzed by artificial intelligence (AI). Pesticides andfertilizers are sprinkled with a robotic agricultural machine.
Hearing about these plans, I wrote an article with excitement.
Meanwhile, what I felt to be sensible is that the new
two-story facility with a total floor area of 3,000 m2 will bea “consolidation” of four buildings to be demolished,including small, old experimental buildings. Although it will
be a space for researchers from the Field Science Center
for Northern Biosphere and the School of Agriculture aswell as engineering and information fields, the area of the
new building is planned to be about 80% of the total areaof the conventional buildings. The space used by only few
researchers will be reduced, and space efficiency will bepromoted through shared use to curb maintenance costs.
I was impressed that it is a sustainable initiative thatvalues public funds and various resources.
In addition, Hokkaido University ranked first overall inJapan in THE University Impact Rankings 2020 (see page3). Although individual departments are highly independent at large-scale universities and their activities tend to
be disjointed, Hokkaido University’s awareness as awhole of sustainability is a strength. I hope it will becherished in the future.

Cultural assets and cutting-edge technology on the farms of
Hokkaido University
Tetsuya AIKOH, Advisor to the President (Executive Office for Campus and Environment Planning),
Associate Professor, Research Faculty of Agriculture
Member, Steering Committee/Campus Management Committee, Sustainable Campus Management Oﬃce

We would like to address of thanks to Ms, Yamamotofor her valuable opinions and compliments.
On the north side of the campus, there is the Model
Barn, a group of buildings designated as an Important
Cultural Property. Dr. Clark ordered the construction asa model for the modernization of Japanese agriculture. Our campus and farms have developed as aplace to research the latest science and technology
while cherishing the aged, traditional facilities.
Agriculture has many roles to play in a sustainable

society. Meanwhile, the number of farmers isdecreasing and the population is aging, and underuseof Satoyama landscape, village-vicinity mountains is
one of the causes of animal damage and biodiversity
deterioration. Smart agricultural technology is expected to develop in various perspective. The farms of
Hokkaido University, which have long conveyed thecutting edge of Japanese agriculture, will confront thevarious issues to be solved, as well as new initiatives
to mark a new history.

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University Campus
to be Developedwith Users
Users, including students, faculty and staff, take the initiative in thinking
about what the campus should be and taking action. Such new initiatives
have begun in various parts of the university. Here are two examples thathave the characteristics unique to our university.

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Faculty of Engineering +Sustainable Campus Management Oﬃce
Advanced Studio on Architectural and
Urban Design Ⅰ

Educational program through collaboration between thegraduate school and the campus management organization
In April 2018, the university established the Sustainable Campus Management Office (SCMO) to promote university-wide
campus management through collaboration between faculty and staff. Taking advantage of this faculty-staff collaborative
system, we devised a new educational program referred to as the “Future campus plan which students and the university
create together.”Studio implementation system
Since FY 2018, this plan has
Campus management system with an
Campusemphasis on multi-subject participation
been implemented as Advanced
management and sustainability
Studio on Architectural and Urban
President
Executive Office
Executive Office for
Design I (3 credits) in the Division
Administration
Faculty specializing
Students specializing
in other fields
in other fields
of Architectural and Structural
Executive Office forFacultyCampus andGraduatestudents
specializing inEnvironment PlanningspecializinginArchitectural
Architectural and
Design at the Faculty of Engineerand Structural
Structural
DesignPractical
DesignExamination/issuesimplementation/deliberation
StudioComprehensive
ing in collaboration with the
management
AttendanceissuesSustainable Campus
Laboratory
Guidance
Management Office (SCMO)
seminarMaterial
SCMO and the Facilities DepartExecutive Director
provision
Future campus plan
Participation in
Steering
Laboratory
Advanced Studio on
discussion
Committees
SeminarCommittee
ment.
project
Guidance
Graduate
Architectural and Urban Design I
cooperationarchitecture
Full-time faculty and staff
education
Material
provision
The subject of the seminar is
Guidance
Faculty-staff
cooperation Participation
Expertisein discussion
collaboration
FutureApplication
campus planan actual project that was considInternship
LectureStudent
Facilities
proposal
SCMO
needs
Faculty and staff
Department
in architectural,ered in the Campus Master Plan
Facilities
environmental,
Department
financial,
Localinternational andgovernments
other fields
2018 (CMP2018). The purpose of
the seminar is to develop effecEducational curriculum with an emphasis
on practice and sustainability Education
tive planning and design skills.
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The results of the studio are fed back to campus management
A major feature of the studio is that it has both an educational effect, such as students gaining practical experience,
and an effect on campus management, such as being able
to reflect the opinions of students in the plan.
In the 2019 studio, students considered a future
campus plan for the areas for "the Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education" and "the Schools of Letters/Edu-

cation/Law/Economics and Business" based on the data of
the facilities shown in "Hokkaido University plan for Extending the Service Life of Infrastructure" (see page 17). The
results are proposed and reported to the SCMO, and thenused for concrete planning. In the future, planning will bemade in collaboration with more stakeholders, including
related departments, local governments and residents.

Eﬀects on graduate education

Eﬀects on campus management

Experience of practical discussions with actual stakeholders
Equivalent to practical training as an internship-related
subject
Formulation of practical-level plans using actual
management data
Practical comprehensive planning from conception toplanning and design

Increase of examination time and personnel
Re-verification of individual plans of CMP2018
Improvement in the quality of campus planning withuser involvement
Embodiment of the future vision for the campus at
the basic concept stageCampus facility reorganization plan created in FY 2019 (rolling plan)
The Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education

The Schools of Letters/Education/Law/Economics and Business

The problems included a high-density building area due to a lack of land for buildings and a lack of control due to temporary and individual
expansion and renovation, so after the investigation of the use of facilities, flow lines and common spaces, a rolling plan was formulated.

Winner of the Sustainable Campus Award 2019！
For the initiative of the seminar,
the university won the Sustainable
Campus Award 2019 sponsored by
the Campus Sustainability Network
in Japan (CAS-Net JAPAN) in
November 2019. The award has
been given annually since its
inception in 2015 to outstanding
initiatives to build a sustainablecampus.
Sustainable Campus Award 2019 ceremony

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Campus Master Plan for the
Hakodate Campus
The Sustainable Campus Management Office and the Executive Office for Campus and Environment Planning formulated "Hokkaido University Campus Master Plan for the Hakodate Campus"
in March 2020. This is the first master plan for the Hakodate Campus. While following the basic
goals of the Campus Master Plan 2018, discussions were held with students, faculty and staff,
related parties and local residents to formulate a concrete plan based on the actual conditions of
the Hakodate Campus.
Details are shown on the website below.
http://www.facility.hokudai.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-2026hakodate_cmp.pdf(Only in Japanese)

Taking advantage of the small scale, it reﬂects
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The daily management (management to use the campus plan)of the Hakodate Campus will be led by the newly established"Hakodate Campus Managment Task Force", which will build
an implementation system through collaboration between
faculty and staff while reflecting the requests of students,
faculty and staff.
Hokkaido University
MuseumFaculty of Fisheries Sciences
Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences
School of Fisheries Sciences

Related departments

Hakodate Campus management system
the campus plan

The university formulated the campus master planin 1996 ahead of other national universities inJapan, and began to operate the third Campus
Master Plan in 2018 (CMP2018) after the second
plan in 2006. In the previous two plans, there wasalmost no thought given to the Hakodate Campus,
but to solve this problem, it took approximately
two years to examine and formulate CMP2018.
The purpose of a campus master plan is notjust to create a plan, but to know how to operate
the plan and how to achieve the plan’s goals.
Therefore, in order to reflect the voices of users
more than in CMP2018, we took advantage of thesmall scale of the Hakodate Campus to conduct
on-site hearings, questionnaires, workshops,
opinion exchange meetings with users, including
students, faculty and staff, and thoroughly examined what kind of issues there are and what weneed to achieve.
While various issues were highlighted andthe awareness of the issues was shared, theestablishment of the Hakodate Campus Manage-

Hakodate Campus
management system

Management toMember, Campus Management
Committee,
Sustainable Campus
Management Oﬃce
Campus Master Plan Formulation/Realization Working Groupa campus plan

Takao OZASA

Hakodate Campus
Faculty
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
School of Fisheries Sciences
Hokkaido University Museum
etc.

Hakodate Campus
Administration
Building and Repairs
Section
Hakodate Campus
etc.
Management Task Force(newly established)

Sustainable Campus
promoter/assistant promoter

Management to

Associate Professor,
Faculty of Engineering

ment Task Force, an organization that embodies plans, was amajor step. In the future, it is hoped that Hakodate and Sapporo
will work together to implement this master plan.

Cooperation
with oﬀ-campus
organizations

Faculty of Fisheries
Sciences
School of Fisheries
Sciences
etc.
Operation management
practice
University-wide policy
Sharing the future vision

Local
governments

Selection of issues
on the campus

Consideration of future campus plans
Sustainable Campus Management Oﬃce
(Support for planning related to the Hakodate Campus)

Research
institutes
Privatecompanies

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Framework Plan for Space Development
Based on the “concept of space development,” which follows CMP 2018,
the characteristics of the Hakodate Campus and the priority planning issues,
this skeletal structure and land use plan is intended to be realized over a long
period of 30 years.

of guidelines for campus skeleton
1 Establishment
formation

Cherry blossom trees in front of thelecture buildingof zoning hubs that help to create
2 Establishment
order in land use
of facilities to be updated
3 Establishment
preferentially and areas to be developed

Odajima River, which is also a habitat
for waterfowl

of public spaces connected to the
4 Reorganization
community and gate-neighborhood areasof natural assets that form the basis of
5 Positioning
the scenery unique to the Hakodate Campus

Green space to commune with water on
the north side of the experimental
training building

Framework Plan Space Development, Hakodate Campus

Guideline

Public space hub

Cherry blossom trees

Zoning hub

Gate-neighborhood
development area

Peripheral greenery area

Facilities with highpriority for repair,renovation anddismantling

Area to be maintainedfor communing with water

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Research and Education Topics
Awards, Certiﬁcation and Establishment
Winner of the 6th World OMOSIROI Award
Yoshitsugu KOBAYASHI, Professor, Hokkaido University Museum
Professor Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, a well-known dinosaur hunter,won the World OMOSIROI Award in 2019. This is an award held
by Knowledge Capital, an institution for the creation andinterchange of ideas, to showcase "interesting and fun" aroundthe world. Professor Kobayashi studies dinosaurs in Alaska in the
United States, the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, and in Japan. In
recent years, he has unearthed the complete dinosaur skeleton
from Hobetsu, Mukawa Town, Hokkaido, and named it Kamuysaurus japonicus (the god of dinosaurs in Japan).

Complete skeletal structure of Kamuysaurus

Selected as a Researcher with Nice Step
Motohiro SATO, Professor, Faculty of Engineering,
Professor Motohiro Sato was selected as a researcher who hasmade a significant contribution to science and technology(Researcher with Nice Step) in 2019 by the National Institute of
Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He was recognized for his study that has clarified the reason why bamboo is
stiff yet lightweighted Professor Sato focused on the spatial
distribution of the vascular bundels in wild bamboo, and clarified
the secret of its flexural regidity proving its optimal design withstructural mechanics by using the linear elasticity theory.

Measurement in bamboo forest

Acquisition of the European Association of
Establishments for Veterinary Education certiﬁcation
In December 2019, the Cooperative Veterinary Education
Program provided by the School of Veterinary Medicine at Hokkaido University and Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine was certified by the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE). This certification meansthat the veterinary education is of European standard and hasinternational applicability. The two universities started the cooperative veterinary education program in FY 2012. Hokkaido University is characterized by education and research on companion
animal clinical practice/infectious diseases and life sciences,while Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine ischaracterized by education and research on industrial animal
clinical practice and food hygiene.
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At the press conference on the acquisition of the EAEVE
certification at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology in December 2019

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Development and Continuation of Education
Learning with researchers who are active on
the front lines of the world
Hokkaido University launched the Hokkaido
Summer Institute (HSI) in FY 2016. This is a
program in which world-leading researcherswith excellent educational and research achievements provide education at Hokkaido University
in collaboration with the university’s faculty
members. During the period, students canattend many cutting-edge and attractive classes
that contribute to global human resource development, such as active learning-type classes
and field training that makes the best use of theadvantages of Hokkaido.

Courses oﬀered
Please check the course page for a list of course subjects.
＊In HIS 2020, some courses have been canceled due to the spread of COVID-19.

https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/

Report of the Hokkaido Summer Institute 2019
University s challenges for the realization of a sustainable society
Learning about sustainable campus initiatives through the planning, operation andimplementation of university campuses
Lectures were given on concepts
related to sustainability issues, inwhich students learned about theinterdependence of social factors thatform sustainability issues, such as
green space maintenance and farmroles. In addition, students experienced how to find solutions to social
issues through discussions andpresenting their thoughts.
The universities where thestudents are enrolled were diverse,such as in the United States, China,
Hungary, and Indonesia, and theirmajors included engineering, economics, and psychology.

Maki IKEGAMI, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Sustainable Campus Management Office, Hokkaido University

Takao OZASA, Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University

Ariane KÖNIG, Senior Researcher
University of Luxembourg

Chiori ITO, Director
Chiori design

Tomohiro MITANI, Associate Professor
Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University

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Research and Education Topics

Highlights of Cutting-edge Research
Adjusting electricity usage to maximize its economic value

Aggregator

Associate Professor
Faculty ofInformation Scienceand Technology

Power company

Koichi KOBAYASHI

Associate Professor Koichi Kobayashi and his group have successfully developed demand
response analysis/control technology. Demand response means controlling the electricity usage ofend-use consumers in order to balance the demand (consumption) and supply (power generation)of electricity. Specifically, it ensures a stable supply
Demand Responseof electricity by setting the electricity rate for each
Requesttime zone and other methods. Associate Profesfor power
Request forsavingDemandsor Kobayashi, et al. have developed a demand
ResponsePower
response control technology that considers both
Negawatt
consumption
Consumers
power generation costs and adjustment costs using
Incentive
Incentive
a method referred to as “model predictive control.”In the future, consideration will be given to thefusion of demand response and the utilization ofelectric vehicles and storage batteries.
Aggregators in energy management systems

Expected as a new energy-saving hydrocarbon gas separation method

Shinichiro NORO
Professor
Faculty ofEnvironmental Earth
Science

Professor Shinichiro Noro and his group have clarified that hydrocarbon gas can be separated evenif water molecules coexist. To refine hydrocarbon gas with an intramolecular double bond, such as
propylene, it is necessary to separate the gas fromother kinds of hydrocarbon gas. It is currently
Propylene
Propanerefined by a costly distillation method. Professor
Noro et al. conducted experiments with water in a
porous material capable of selectively separating
propylene, and demonstrated for the first time in
Propylene-water
Propane-water
the world that propylene separation performanceinteraction
interaction
was almost maintained even in the presence of
Propylene separation in the presence of water
water.
Selective separation of propylene

Development of a strong adhesivethat can be used repeatedly in seawater

GONG Jian Ping
Professor
Faculty of Advanced
Life Science

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Professor Gong Jian Ping and her group have developed an adhesive that can adhere quickly and strongly
in seawater and can be used repeatedly. Most
artificial adhesives cannot be used in water, butorganisms such as mussels and barnacles can adhere
firmly to rocks in seawater by secreting adhesive
proteins. Professor Gong Jian Ping et al. designed thechemical structure with reference to the adhesive
protein of the marine periphyton and developed theworld's first strong adhesive that can be used repeatedly in seawater.

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Novel gel-like adhesive obtained in this study, which
has high strength and elasticity

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The guidelines led by Hokkaido University are issued as
new international standards

Yuichi HIRATA
Associate Professor
Central Institute of
Isotope Science

Radiotherapy systems for pinpoint irradiation to cancer cells have long been developed. However,there had not been global standards that ensure their safety, hence, the establishment of new
standards was required. Professor Hiroki Shirato,
Associate Professor Yuichi Hirata and their group
received support from the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry in 2011 and began to formulate
standards to improve the safety of real-time trackingof radiation therapy systems at the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The international
standards were compiled as guidelines for real-time
adaptive radiotherapy systems and received 100%
Associate Professor Hirata at the Industrial Standardapproval in an international vote in October 2018.
ization Project Awards ceremony

Observing crustal movements on the seaﬂoor
with equipment installed in the Kuril Trench

Hiroaki TAKAHASHI
Professor
Institute of Seismology
and Volcanology,
Faculty of Science

In cooperation with a Tohoku University group, Professor
Hiroaki Takahashi and his group have successfully installeda submarine reference station that directly measures theaccumulation of strain, which causes earthquakes, in thewaters off Nemuro, Tokachi in the southern part of theKuril Trench. There is some possibility that huge tsunami
will seriously damage this coastal area. In the future, thegroup will clarify the accumulation status of strain bymeasuring about once a year and acquiring the data, whichis expected to contribute to disaster prevention measures
such as predicting earthquakes and flooding from tsunami.

Equipment for observing crustal movements isbeing lowered from the ship

Predicting the eﬀects of global warming on the
distribution of kelp in northern Japan

Masahiro NAKAOKA
Professor
Field Science Center
for Northern BiosphereKenji SUDO

Professor Masahiro Nakaoka, Postdoctoral Fellow Kenji Sudo and their group have clarified that the
distribution area of kelp in northern Japan will decrease significantly in the future, and that multiple
species are likely to disappear from the waters ofJapan. The research group collected distribution
information on 11 major kelp species distributed innorthern Japan in different periods in time using theexisting biodiversity database, estimated the distribution area before global warming became a significant
threat, and predicted distribution change over the
next few decades. It was predicted that the distribution area of all species may move northward significantly or the suitable habitat may disappear.
Kelp seaweed bed on the coast of Akkeshi Bay in
Hokkaido

Postdoctoral Fellow
Field Science Center
for Northern Biosphere
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Campus Management that Contributes to a Sustainable Society
Sustainable campus concept
On April 1, 2018, the Sustainable Campus Management
Office (SCMO) was established at Hokkaido University.
SCMO promotes efforts to build a sustainable campus
in conjunction with the Hokkaido University Campus
Master Plan 2018 (CMP2018).
A sustainable campus means a university that contributes to the construction of a sustainable society
through education, research, social collaboration andcampus development. It refers to supporting thewell-being of society in a practical and multifacetedmanner by developing education and research rooted insocial issues and implementing campus development inharmony with the surrounding area.

Visual representation of sustainable campus(Ikegami, SCMO, revised in 2014)

Formulation of the Plan for Extending the Service Life of
Infrastructure (CMP2018 action plan)
Tradition and aging ‒ opposite sides of the same coin
In Hokkaido University, which boasts a tradition of 150
years, approximately 20% of all the facilities were 25
years or older and needed to be renovated as of 2019, andmost buildings will be 60 years or older by 2029. As afocus of medium- to long-term efforts to accurately understand the current status of the university’s infrastructure(buildings and core facilities) and steadily promote maintenance and renewal, the Plan for Extending the Service Lifeof Infrastructure (action plan) was formulated in March

2018, and the Plan for Extending the Service Life of
Infrastructure (individual facility plan), which shows specific measures for individual facilities, was formulated in
March 2019. With the three pillars of "building maintenance cycle" "reduction/leveling of total costs", and ”promotional system for extending the life of infrastructure",
educational and research facilities are maintained so thatstudents, faculty and staff can use them without worry.

Estimated building area of Hokkaido University by age
Estimated Building Area by age 2019 (Present)
250

200
150

Not renovated（189,470㎡）

Partly renovated（44,158㎡）

Renovated（301,686㎡）

Aged less than 25 years（318,636㎡）

250

150

Partly renovated（46,741㎡）

Renovated（301,740㎡）

Aged less than 25 years（122,471㎡）

0‒4
years
5‒9
years

10 ‒ 14years

15 ‒ 19years

20 ‒ 24years

25 ‒ 29years

30 ‒ 34years

35 ‒ 39years

40 ‒ 44years

45 ‒ 49years

50 ‒ 54years

55 ‒ 59years

60 yearsor more

0‒4
years
5‒9
years

10 ‒ 14years

15 ‒ 19years

20 ‒ 24years

25 ‒ 29years

30 ‒ 34years

35 ‒ 39years

40 ‒ 44years

0

45 ‒ 49years

0

50 ‒ 54years

50

55 ‒ 59
years

50（382,998㎡）

Not renovated

200

100

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Employee housing excluded（1,000㎡）

100

60 yearsor more17

Estimated Building Area by duration 2029 (in 10 years)

Employee housing excluded（1,000㎡）

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Formulation of Policy on Ecosystem Preservation and Management(CMP2018 action plan)
environment on the Sapporo Campus. It specifies thefollowing four basic policies:

In February 2020, “Policy on Ecosystem Preservation andManagement” was established as an initiative for the
management, preservation and utilization of the ecological<Basic policies>
1) Preservation and management according to
the zoning of ecosystem and its management
policy2) Preservation of ecosystem and effort on
educational/research activities that take advantage of ecosystem
3) Maintenance of the green area on campus ascomfortable and safe places for leisureactivities
4) Enhancement of the planning and management system for ecosystem and green area

Zoning of green area by
Policy on Ecosystem Preservation and Management
January 20, 2020

<Zoning of the ecological environment>
The campus was divided into an “Ecosystem
Preservation Green Area” which is preserved forthe future by prohibiting development activities,
a “Landscape Maintenance Green Area” where
the impact on the current landscape should be minimized, and an “Education/Research Green Area” which is mainly used by those involved in the university, for thepreservation and management of ecosystem Trees that represent the landscape ofthe university, highly rare trees, and venerable trees are designated as “Preserved
Trees”

Results and issues of campus
development after theformulation of CMP2018

Ecosystem Preservation Green Area
Landscape Maintenance Green Area
Preserved Trees
Education/Research Green Area:
Non-Building Site Area/
Unpaved Area other than above area

Action plan formulation items until FY 2019
Element
planning

District Plan to Promote HighDensity and High Rise Structures

University
management

Element
planning

Plan for Extending the Service Lifeof Infrastructure (individual facility
plan)

The action plans of CMP2018 are designed to embody
the framework plan of CMP2018, and for each field andeach plan content, an action plan is formulated andimplemented during the scheduled period of 9 years(2018 to 2026).

University
management

Project

Aseismatic
Buildings

Facilities/spacesElement
planning

Consulting Facility Development
Planning Guide for Enhancing
Design Management Facility Quality
to Improve QOL - (tentative name)Hokkaido
University
Registered
Cultural
Property
Repair Plan

Traffic

Element
planning

On-campus Traffic Flow Reorganization Plan

Ecology/culture

Element
planning

Historic Building Preservation andUtilization Plan

University
management

Element
planning

Plan for Extending the Service Lifeof Infrastructure (individual facilityplan) *revised

Ecology/culture

Project

Maintenance, Management and Preservationof the Natural and Ecological Environment(formulation of the Policy on Ecosystem
Preservation and Management)

Facilities/spacesElement
planning

Thorough University-wide Energy
Management

2018

Facilities/spaces

Positioning of action plans

Public Space
Maintenance
Basic Plan

Eco-campus
Promotion Plan

CMP2018

Action Plan for
Building a
Sustainable
Campus 20162019

Assessment
method forthe eﬀective
use of historicbuildings

Facility
Environmental
Management
Plan 2017

Planning
Peripheral
Greenery Area
Maintenance
Policy 2016

Barrier-free
Facility
Environment
Improvement
Plan 2017

Plan for
Extending theService Life of
Infrastructure(action plan)
2016

Hokkaido
University
Facility
Management2014

renovation

of

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Assessment of Hokkaido University in FY 2019 using ASSC
Assessment System for a Sustainable Campus (ASSC),
developed by Hokkaido University in 2013, is a questionnaire-type system to evaluate the foundation necessary torealize campus sustainability.
In FY 2019, the score rate increased from FY 2018 in
all four categories, and the total score rate reached82.1%, which was equivalent to "gold" certification. The
university has been awarded "gold" every year since FY
2016. In the management category, the educational
program through collaboration between the graduate

Ⅰ. Management

Ⅰ
‐1

86.05
84.88

Ⅰ
‐2

Ⅰ
‐3

83.72

Policy and overall plan

Organization to consider sustainability
Financial resource management
Ⅰ
‐4
Ⅰ
‐5
Ⅰ
‐6

Ⅰ. Management

91.86

school and the campus management organization was
highly evaluated. In the environment category, scored forthe formulation of the Policy on Ecological Environment
Preservation and Management (February 2020) andCampus Master Plan for the Hakodate Campus (March
2020).
As seen from the gradual upward trend in the radar
chart below, campus management has been reviewed
and improved based on the assessment.

Asset management
Facility management

Network to enhance sustainability

85.28
74.99

Ⅰ
‐7

Personal trainingⅠ‐8 Procurement and contracts
Ⅱ‐1 Education

78.81

Ⅱ‐2

88.22

Ⅲ‐1

Ⅲ‐2

Land

Ⅲ‐3 Public Space

69.79

Ⅲ‐5

Ⅲ‐4

Ⅲ. Environment

Results of Hokkaido University in FY 2019

Figure 1. Score rates of Hokkaido University
in the four categories

Basic Equipment
Ⅲ‐8 Facilities

Ⅲ‐9
Ⅲ‐10

Collaboration between industry,
academia, and government

Ⅳ‐2

Ⅳ‐3

Community service

Dissemination of information
Ⅳ‐4

Ⅳ‐5

Transportation

Use of historical assets on campus

Ⅳ‐1

Results of Hokkaido University in FY 2017
Results of Hokkaido University in FY 2018

Waste

Ⅳ. Localcommunity

Results of Hokkaido University in FY 2016

LandscapeEnergy and resources
Ⅲ‐7

74.78

Ⅲ. Environment

61.25

Students
Ecosystem

75.78
75.94
Ⅲ‐6

63.72
72.34

Research

Ⅱ‐3

Ⅱ. Education
and Research

Ⅱ. Education
andresearch

74.96

Ⅳ. LocalCommunity

Disaster prevention

Role of university after a disaster
0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Figure 2. Score rates of Hokkaido University by assessment area
Bar graph indicating the results of HU in FY 2019
★ Average of 19 national universities in FY 2014

Goals associated with the selection of ﬁnalists at the International Green Gown Award 2019

Asian Sustainable Campus Network (ASCN) launched
ASCN is a "multinational network which consists of national networks" that was established in 2015 with the aim of promoting sustainable campuses in Asia (ACCS at the time of its establishment). The 1st ASCN Annual Conference was held at
Tongji University in Shanghai from June 12 to 14,
2019, when CAS-Net JAPAN (Japan), the China
Green University Network (China), the Korea Association for Green Campus Initiative (South Korea) andthe Sustainable University Network of Thailand(Thailand) signed MOU (Basic Agreement), andASCN was officially launched as an organization.
Hokkaido University Sustainable Campus Management Office has since contributed to ASCN in
addition to CAS-Net JAPAN.
Signed by Japan, China, South Korea, and Thailand

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Eﬀorts for Energy Saving and Environmental Impact Reduction
Two energy-saving projects in research and educational activities were adopted［Adopted project 1］Eﬃcient sample storage and energy saving byinstalling a large freezer at FSC
At the Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere (FSC), individual laboratories
used their own old-fashioned freezers, which took up space and led to enormous
costs and environmental impacts for sample collection and analysis. Therefore, asingle large freezer was installed instead of the old-fashioned freezers to reduce
costs and allow efficient access to samples.
Introduced large freezer (right)<Environmental effect>
The internal volume of the new freezer is 21,108 L against a total of 1,416
L for all the five old freezers, and the amount of electricity used per volume
for nine days was 0.006 kW for the new freezer and 0.065 kW for the oldfreezers, meaning at least 1/10 energy saving.

Before introduction: Old-fashioned freezers
owned by individual laboratories took up
space［Adopted project 2］
Blocking cold air inﬂow at the Hokkaido University Museum
After the reopening of the Hokkaido University Museum in July 2016, the cold on
the first floor in winter was a problem due to cold air gusting in from the entrance.
When the air flow in the museum was surveyed in FY 2018, it was found that air
was flowing from the passage connected to Faculty of Science building. Therefore,a new interior door was installed in the connecting passage.

Newly installed interior door

<Effects of installing a blocking device>
The room temperature on the first floor of the Hokkaido University
Museum in winter has risen by 4 to 5 °C.
The amount of electricity used from December 2019 to February 2020
reduced by 8.7% compared to the previous year.

Measurement of the environmental effectusing various measuring instruments

Reduction in waste disposal costs and generation by waste compaction(3) Volume
after
compaction(2) Real volume
before compaction(1) Volume before
compaction

The disposal cost of general waste (burnable/RDF) generated from the Sapporo Campus is calculated according to thevolume (m3). The university introduced
Volume before compaction
Real volume before compaction
Volume after compaction(Shape of waste in the waste storage)(Without the space between waste)(Compacted to 30%)
(The volume ratio of 70% iswaste compaction on a trial basis in 2015.
based on actual measurement)
As a result of waste compaction at five30%
Space in waste
departments in 2019, the amount ofCompactionwaste was reduced by 21.7% (compared
100%
70%
70%
to FY 2015), and the disposal cost after
30%
subtracting the compaction cost was
reduced by about 3.2 million yen.
Visual representation of waste compaction
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Changes in Environmental Data
Primary energy
consumption

Sapporo Campus

Heavy oil
Kerosene
Gas

500

1,191,961GJ
24,017GJ
3,425GJ
502,935GJ

0

3.51

3.42

6

476

526

511

488

496

27.4

26.0

26.6

22.0

24.0

2.25

2.35

2.30

2.21

2.26

1,153

1,189

1,165

1,129

1,156

2015

2016

2017

2018

0
2019 (Year)

Electricity
Gas

Heavy oil4250Energy consumption

1,000

3.59

2.69

40
30

（GJ/㎡）
4.5

0.063

10
0

Kerosene

3.75

6.95

7.68

0.062

0.001

1.39

1.42

1.42

1.33

1.36

36.8

37.0

36.9

35.0

36.0

2015

2016

2017

2018

0
2019 (Year)

7.92

6.96

7.02
0.008

3.0
2.25
1.5

Electricity
Gas

Electricity: 9.76 MJ/kWh

0.001

20

Per area

Conversion factor by type of energy

0.005 0.0006 0.001

Heavy oil

0.75

Energy consumption per total ﬂoor area

Electricity

1,500

4.22

（10³GJ）
60（GJ/㎡）
8
Energy consumption per total ﬂoor area

Energy consumption（10³GJ）
2,000

Hakodate Campus

Kerosene

Per area

Heavy oil: 38.9 MJ/ℓ

Kerosene: 36.49MJ/ℓ

Gas: 45.0MJ/m 3

Note) 2018: Usage decreased due to the impact of the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake

Greenhousegas emissions

Sapporo Campus

Hakodate Campus（ton-CO₂/㎡）（10³ton-CO₂）0.18
6

CO2 emissions

80

0.144

0.147

0.142
0.116

60

0.09

106

40

107

109

105

86

20

Carbon dioxide

108,059t-CO2

0.12

0.06
0.03

0

2015

2016

2017

2018

5

0.15

4

0.12
0.09

3
2
1

0
2019 (Year)

0

0.093

0.090

0.094

2.92

2.82

2015

2016

Per area

Emissions（ton-CO₂/㎡）
0.18

0.088

0.087

2.97

2.79

2.73

2017

2018

0
2019 (Year)

Emissions

0.06
0.03

Emissions per total ﬂoor area

0.144

Emissions per total ﬂoor area

0.15

100

CO2 emissions（10³ton-CO₂）
120

Per area

Note 1) The adjusted electricity-derived CO₂ emission factor [kg-CO₂/kWh] used for calculation was 0.676 in FY 2015, 0.640 in FY
2016 and 0.678 in FY 2017.
In FY 2018, it was 0.511 (new electric power company) for the Sapporo Campus and 0.678 for the Hakodate Campus. In FY
2019, it was 0.673 (Apr. ‒ Jun.: new electric power company) and 0.656 (Jul. ‒ Mar.: HEPCO) for the Sapporo Campus and0.656 for the Hakodate Campus.
Note 2) 2018: Emissions decreased due to the impact of the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake

General and otherwaste generation

Sapporo Campus

0.254

0.247

0.242

10
7.5

1.5

2.78
1.83

2.76
1.48

3.37
1.13

2.45
0.80

1.2

2.75
0.98

5
2.5
0

0.9
0.6

0.503

0.481

0.508

0.441

7.12

6.99

7.44

7.16

2015

2016

2017

2018

Burnable waste

Waste for fuelBottles, cans and PET bottles

0.419

0.3

6.03

0
2019 (Year)
Kitchen waste

General and other waste generation

General and other waste generation

10,550m3

0.263

12.5

（㎥/person）
1.8

1.25

1.5

1

1.2

0.75

0.9

0.5
0.25
0

0.6

0.583

0.585

0.537

0.545

0.499

0.668

0.656

0.597

0.622

0.551

2015

2016

2017

2018

0
2019 (Year)

General and other waste

Per person

Note 1) Kitchen waste refers only to that generated by the university hospital s food preparation facilities.
Note 2) Per capita generation ﬁgures include temporary faculty/staﬀ.
Note 3) General and other waste for the Hakodate Campus includes bottles and PET bottles.

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Per person

0.3

Per full-time faculty/staﬀ member or student

General and other waste

0.260（㎥/person） （10³㎥）
1.8
1.5
Per full-time faculty/staﬀ member or student（10³㎥）
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Industrial
waste generation

Research and
Education Topics

Sapporo Campus

Hakodate Campus

（t）
4,000

3,000

（t）
40

3,067

Infectious waste

1,604t311.1t2,361.05

1,000

0

2015

30

2,739 2,637.15
276.1 2,262.03

2,000

Industrial waste

Movements toward the Creationof a Sustainable Campus

2016

2017

0.05

306.15 1,902.95
311.0420

1,955.88

10

1,591.91

02019 (Year)

2018

0.03

15.0

Infectious waste

Industrial waste

30.2

6.69
6.64
2015

2016

2017

Industrial waste

0.03

12.36

8.99

12.33

8.96
2018

2019 (Year)

Infectious waste

Note 1) The ﬁgures for the Sapporo Campus exclude items under the Act on the Recycling of Speciﬁed Kinds of Home Appliances. The
ﬁgures for the Hakodate Campus include discarded electrical appliances.
Note 2) Infectious waste is shown separately in the data of FY 2017 and onward.

Experimental waste
ﬂuid generation

Sapporo Campus（ℓ）
160,000

151,302
19,939120,000

141,591 138,780
20,86018,237

Hakodate Campus
（ℓ）
9,000

128,031

122,641

17,2386,750

16,72380,000Inorganic

111,032ℓ
17,747ℓ

120,731

120,543

110,793

7,070
590

2015

2016

2017

Organic

2018

2,250

0

2019 (Year)

5,450

2015

Inorganic

6,139
1,024

4,869
743
7,231

105,918

40,000

0

6,217
767

4,500

131,363

Organic

7,929
698

6,480

5,114

4,126

2016

2017

Organic

20182019 (Year)

InorganicNote) Including local facilities

Water
consumption

Sapporo Campus

500

623

573

594

591

30.6

30.3

30.3

30.7
142
0
2019 (Year)

100

250

34.3
0

200

583

193

149

152

138

2015

2016

2017

2018

Municipal water

Well water

300

750
Water consumption

Water consumption

Well water

167,441m3
824,896m3

300

750

（㎥/person）
400

Per person

500

235

241
204

235

237

234
26.0 02019 (Year)

100

250

238
0

200

233

241

206

31.9

22.5

21.9

22.2

2015

2016

2017

2018

Municipal water

Well water

Per full-time faculty/staﬀ member or student

Municipal
water（㎥/person） （10³㎥）
1,000
400
Per full-time faculty/staﬀ member or student（10³㎥）
1,000

Hakodate Campus

Per person

Note) Per capita consumption ﬁgures include temporary faculty/staﬀ.

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Organizations involved

Hokkaido University
Sapporo Campus (incl. contracted commercial operators on campus）
Hakodate Campus

PeriodApril 2019 ‒ March 2020

Field

Environment

Published

September 2020 (next issue scheduled
for September 2021)

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